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Lexington and Concord
The British killed eight minutemen, and wounded nine others. Samuel Prescott,the famus "other rider"and son of liberty,rides into concord at 2:30 AM on april 19 of the population of the -
Bunker Hill
On June 15, 1775 the American colonists heard news that the British planned to control the Charlestown peninsula between the Charles and Mystic Rivers -
saratoga
Proceeding up Lake Champlain, he easily forced the evacuation of Crown Point, Ticonderoga, and Fort Anne. But, instead of availing himself of the water-carriage of Lake George, at the head of which there was a direct road to Fort Edward, he advanced upon that work by land, consuming three weeks in cutting a road through the woods and building bridges over swamps. -
charleston
General Clinton and the British government back in London believed that if the British controlled the South, Tories would flock to support the British and Clinton would be able to overwhelm General George Washington in Virginia. -
cowpens
Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton, the only officer remaining after Ferguson's death used by Cornwallis for the command of roving troops, was sent into the district north of Ninety Six to oppose General Morgan, and somewhat later Cornwallis resumed his march northward. -
yorktown
General Cornwallis had been trying to subdue the Southern colonies by working his way north from Charleston, South Carolina. He found re-supplying his army difficult, because militia bands under Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens and Francis Marion had attacked his outposts and supply lines, making control of the region nearly impossible.
